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CANONICAL RELATIONSHIP RECORD

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CHILD / LATER FORM / reconstructedProto-Germanic · Proto-Germanic horizon · faith loyalty abstract noun

*treuwithō

faith, loyalty, truth

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PARENT / EARLIER FORM / reconstructedProto-Germanic · Proto-Germanic horizon · firm faithful adjective

*treuwaz

firm, faithful, trustworthy

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THE COMPLETE RELATIONSHIP

EVERY FIELD, NOT A FAIRY TALE

SOUND CHANGE

Germanic *treuwithō is an abstract noun formation on *treuwaz.

SEMANTIC CHANGE

Being firm or faithful becomes the quality of faith, loyalty, or truth.

CHRONOLOGY

Both Germanic forms are reconstructed.

SCHOLAR / EDITORIAL AUTHORITY

Calvert Watkins and American Heritage Dictionary Editors

CONFIDENCE

established — no additional confidence note is attached.

EDITORIAL STATUS

reviewed

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CITATION REGISTER

SOURCES ON THIS EDGE

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Indo-European Root deru-deru-, *treuwithō under Germanic *treuwaz

Publishes the abstract formation under the adjective.

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EDITORIAL REUSE

WHERE THIS CLAIM APPEARS

RELATION / 636betroth

*treuwithō → *treuwaz

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RELATION / 629troth

*treuwithō → *treuwaz

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RELATION / 617truth

*treuwithō → *treuwaz

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